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Ba'al Zabub or Beelzebub (/ b iː ˈ ɛ l z ə b ʌ b, ˈ b iː l-/ [1] bee-EL-zə-bub, BEEL-; Hebrew: בַּעַל־זְבוּב Baʿal-zəḇūḇ), also spelled Beelzebul or Belzebuth, and occasionally known as the Lord of the Flies, is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some ...
Baʿal is well-attested in surviving inscriptions and was popular in theophoric names throughout the Levant [29] but he is usually mentioned along with other gods, "his own field of action being seldom defined". [30] Nonetheless, Ugaritic records show him as a weather god, with particular power over lightning, wind, rain, and fertility.
Rabbinic tradition equates Baʿal Berith with Beelzebub, "the lord of flies," the god of Philistine Ekron (2 Kings 1:2). [12] He was worshipped in the shape of a fly; and Jewish tradition states that so addicted were the Jews to his cult that they would carry an image of him in their pockets, producing it, and kissing it from time to time.
Chrysostom: " And He says not only, If they have reviled the master of the house, but expresses the very words of railing, for they had called Him Beelzebub." [3] Jerome: " Beelzebub is the idol of Accaron who is called in the book of Kings, the God of flies; ‘Bel,’ signifying idol; (2 Kings 1:3.) ‘zebub,’ a fly. The Prince of the ...
Rabanus Maurus: " The multitude who seemed less learned, always wondered at the works of the Lord; they, on the other hand, either denied these things, or what they could not deny laboured to pervert by an ill interpretation, as though they were wrought not by a Deity, but by an unclean spirit, namely, Beelzebub, who was the God of Acharon: The Pharisees when they heard it said, This man does ...
Chemosh, possibly one of the sons of El, a god of war and destruction and the national god of the Moabites and the Ammonites. Dagon (Dagan) god of crop fertility and grain, father of Ba'al Hadad. El, also called ' Il or Elyon ("Most High"), god of creation, husband of Athirat. [c] [d] Eshmun, god, or as Baalat Asclepius, goddess, [citation ...
Articles relating to Beelzebub, a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. The New International Version translates the passage as: And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.